On June 2, the battle began when Hays sent out an advance party of two companies, while the main force moved eight miles downriver from their camp, much more cautiously than Ormsby had before. There, Captain Stewart joined the volunteers with Colonel Hays in overall command. They sent their women and children into the Black Rock Desert as a protective measure.Ĭolonel "Jack" Hays led the volunteer forces.Ĭolonel Hays retraced Ormsby's path along the Truckee River and encamped near present-day Wadsworth. The Paiutes returned to their village at Pyramid Lake near the mouth of the Truckee River. In the meantime, Hays had marched out of Virginia City to Williams Station, where he skirmished with 150 Paiutes before the warriors pulled back to Pyramid Lake. Stewart arrived in Carson City to await further developments.
Captain Joseph Stewart left Fort Alcatraz with 144 Regulars from the 3rd U.S. Hays then marched his regiment to Virginia City. Another 165 volunteers came from the nearby California communities of Placerville, Sacramento, Nevada City and Downieville. Hays responded to the call and traveled to Carson City to organize a regiment of 500 volunteers, whom he dubbed the "Washoe Regiment". This defeat prompted local settlers to send a call for help to nearby California. The vigilante force was ingloriously defeated and Ormsby was killed. In response, Major William Ormsby led a group of vigilantes from Carson City and Virginia City against the Paiutes near Pyramid Lake. On May 6, 1860, a band of Paiutes raided Williams Station along the Carson River, near present-day Silver Springs, Nevada, killing three white settlers at the station.
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